Truck groups warn of possible negative effect of truck ban reimposition
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 13) Authorities are set to reimpose the truck ban along EDSA and other major thoroughfares in a bid to decongest the roads this coming holiday season.
The Metro Manila Development Authority will again enforce a 24-hour truck ban on EDSA beginning Monday, December 14.
Other major roads under the jurisdiction of the MMDA shall be off limit to trucks from 6am to 10am, and again from 5pm to 10pm, Mondays to Saturdays.
The MMDA said that this will not stop the delivery of goods. In fact, businesses and other industry players were given ample time to prepare for back to normal operations which includes the truck ban.